
Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024) was an American character actor who has appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles in dozens of major studio features of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen Brothers' first film for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He also appeared in The Jerk (1979), Ordinary People (1980), Blade Runner (1982), Wild Wild West (1999), and The Iron Giant (1999). His final films included Knives Out (2019) and Brothers (2024).

Grandpa
South of Bix

C.P. Woodward
Brubaker

Earl Stutz (voice)
The Iron Giant

Harv
Critters

Group W Sergeant
Alice's Restaurant

Charlie
The Best of Times

Fred Miller
The Mighty Quinn

Madman
The Jerk

Private Detective
Blood Simple

Dickie Dunn
Slap Shot

Freemont
Chairman of the Board

Earl Frank
Straight Time

Sergeant Dominick Benti
Narrow Margin

Coleman
Wild Wild West

Art
Cold Turkey

Master Chief Vinnie Walker
Raise the Titanic

Burns
The Pope of Greenwich Village

Mack
Cannery Row

Joe O'Neal
My Best Friend's Wedding

George Henderson Sr.
Harry and the Hendersons

Lester Ivar
Twilight

Dr. Joseph Dolan
Fletch

Dewey Ferguson
Red Scorpion

Walt Yarborough
Silkwood

Sam
Retroactive

Stu O'Malley
Christmas in the Clouds

Captain Haun
No Man's Land

Lew Popper
Big Stan

Johnny Phatmun
Catch Me... If You Can

Walt Scheel
Christmas with the Kranks

Samuel
Don McKay

Warden MacDonald
The Outlaws

Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
Cops & Robbersons

Mickey Hopkins
Man in the Chair

Tuck
Missing in Action

Coach Turnbull
Back to School

Arthur
Back Roads

Las Vegas Gambler
The Gambler

Mort
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

Judge Pike
Poor White Trash

Dean
Me and Will

Sergeant Sanger
Fast-Walking

Swim Coach
Ordinary People

Calvin Murks
The Music of Chance

T.R. Polk
Camp Nowhere

Self
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Speaker at Liberal Club
Reds

Wally Cantrell
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

Bert Gibson
White Sands

John Kane
Killer Image

Doorman
The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Uncle Bub
The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Colin Ditweiler
War Party

Warden Brodski
The Traveling Executioner

Det. Sam Davies
The Deliberate Stranger

Mr. Clark
Grandview, U.S.A.

Sheldon Lewis
City in Fear

Wedge
Thunderground

Billy (uncredited)
Random Hearts

Morris
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Chief Van Owen
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency

Harold Patton
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

Sheriff Sweeney
Red Alert

Inspector McCartney
A Question of Guilt

Kroger
Your Name Here

Simon Reynolds
Scandalous

Detective Mulligan
Broken Vows

Harold
At Long Last Love

"Father" Logan
Nickelodeon

Ed
Love Sick Love

Lloyd Reeves
Monster!

Moran
Skag

Garcia / Gesundheim
The Naked Truth

Sheriff Bob
Bitter Harvest

Henry Allen
The Flash

Don Nichols
Abduction

Sandy Westphall
Baggage

Neil
Haunted Echoes

Bill Wilcox
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

The Writer
Calvary

Sadler
Probable Cause

Woodzie
Racing Stripes

Mayor Thornbush
Four Eyes and Six-Guns

1st Sanitation Man
They Might Be Giants

Mr. Saunders
Youth in Revolt

Bus Driver
Mikey and Nicky

Mr. Peterson
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

Shotgun Guard
Little Big Man

Whitley
Superdome

Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
A Time to Kill

Dr. Williams
Airport '77

Self
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

George
Snow Dogs

Bryant
Blade Runner

Earl Ladelle
Relative Fear

Martin
Criminal Hearts

Marshal Jim Phillips
Nightmare in Big Sky Country

Aide
Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Gorak
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

Dino
Albino Alligator

Sarge
Resting Place

Muggs
Greener Mountains

Colonel Crouse
Courage

Gallagher
Serpico

Rudolph Thorndyke
Madness of Method

Catfish
Outlaw Posse

Harry
Fourth Story

Mr. Beudreaux
The Assignment

Vern Humphrey
Murder Ordained

Dean Marison
Boiling Pot

Morris
Chattahoochee

Walt Coes
Wildcats

Judge Farful
Brothers

Dorsett
Panther

Chief Marvin Dibner
Sunset

Ralph Worth
Erasable You

Det. Jesse Hall
The Glass Shield

Arresting Officer
What's Up, Doc?

Raymond Garrison
Portraits of a Killer

Fire Chief
Wilder Napalm

Stanley
Men in White

Charles Blankenship
Silverfox

Machine Shop Ear-Bender
Raising Arizona

Fritz
The Escape Artist

Mr. Wendel
Get to Know Your Rabbit

Crab Man / Tutu Man
End of the Road

Chuck Ireland
Chasing 3000

Legion Commander
The Gift

Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Midnight Cowboy

Mr. Graebner
Hellinger's Law

Mose
Wild Card

Capt. Gorcey
Dear Detective

Walter Lemke
Change in the Air

Sindaco
The Right of the People

Richard Dirks
Clean and Sober

Hank
Shifting Gears

Irvine
The Invasion of Johnson County

Chief Davis
The Lottery

Toto
Toto

Sheriff Foley
The Killing Jar

Fr. John
Faith, Hope & Love

Husband
Bound for Glory

Coach Cook
Eyeball Eddie

Mr. Proofroc
Knives Out

Larry Kiesling
Raising Buchanan

Sergeant Miller Hoskins
Dead Badge

Joe Lemke
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

Joe Kirby
Night Partners

Clyde Wilson
Love and Lies

Apothecary
Romeo + Juliet

Pete Petosa
Equinox

Comissioner Menlo Boyce
Jack of Hearts

DeFranco
No Other Love

Zazek
Arthur Newman

Jack Doyle
Crime Club

Harry's Father
Sorry, Not Sorry

The Director
The Mimic

Racing Partner (uncredited)
Stiletto

Kate's Father
The Immaculate Room

Barber
Kid Blue

Arthur Baldwin
A Little White Lie

Governor
The Milagro Beanfield War

Wally Westland
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

Harold Eichelbaum
Dotty and Soul

Scotty
Green and Gold

Self
A True Character

General Presser
Hero in the Family

Rocco
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn

Henry Allen
The Flash
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
169
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-03-22
Place of Birth
Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Also Known As
Michael Emmet Walsh